3,004 hot pot recipes

German prune coffeecake with a soft yeasted dough rolled around cooked prunes, dotted with butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Makes two cakes for breakfast or brunch.

Swedish herring and potato casserole layered with sauteed onions, dotted with butter, and baked in cream until golden and tender. A traditional Scandinavian comfort dish.

Layered Italian bake with rotini, salted zucchini, potatoes, prosciutto, tomatoes, and Parmesan dotted with butter. A hearty make-ahead casserole with serious depth.

Potato soup with butter dumplings: tender potatoes simmered with celery and parsley, dotted with rich nutmeg butter dumplings, finished with sour cream.

Domino cookies are buttery shortbread bars with lemon zest, scored down the center and topped with chocolate chips arranged as domino dots. A fun baking project for kids and parties.

Wear your old polka dot shorts with this scrumptious bread made with cranberries and walnuts.

Baked halibut with two herb seasoning options: a Mediterranean spice blend or a crispy Parmesan and Rice Chex crust. Dotted with butter and lemon juice, ready to serve.

Elegant baked pear halves glazed with chutney and apple juice, dotted with butter and basted until tender and glossy. A refined side dish or light dessert that serves 12.

Custard-style apple pie with Red Delicious apples in a cream, egg, and cornstarch filling with cinnamon and nutmeg. A double-crust pie dotted with butter.

Classic German Lebkuchen: spiced honey bars with almonds and candied citrus peel, glazed with lemon icing and dotted with cherries. Centuries-old Nuremberg Christmas tradition.

Boudin blanc de Liege, a delicate homemade white pork sausage. Lean pork and fat pureed silky with eggs, Port and aromatic spiced milk, dotted with currants, poached gently then browned in butter.

Bath buns: lemon-scented English tea buns dotted with raisins and candied citron, brushed with sugared cream for a sweet, glossy crust. A traditional cousin to the rock cake.

Buttery thumbprint cookies with brown sugar and vanilla, filled with a dot of raspberry jam. A diabetic-friendly treat that's ready in 30 minutes with just 7 simple ingredients.

Jam kolaches fold a cream cheese pastry dough around a dot of strawberry jam, then bake into tender pillows dusted with powdered sugar. The Czech-American Christmas cookie with a four-ingredient base.

Broiled pineapple fanned over crisp puff pastry rounds, pooled with a creamy pina colada sauce of coconut milk, rum, and egg yolks, dotted with strawberry syrup. Tropical dinner-party dessert.

Old-fashioned strawberry cobbler with a crumbly egg-and-flour topping dotted with butter. Uses fresh or frozen berries and bakes in one pan. Serve warm with ice cream.